By Jessica BatemanFeature MatchingAlamyWhile half of those under 25 in Greece are unemployed, half of those who are working are likely to be on low wages – average salaries are around €700 or $863 per month (Credit: Alamy)Could venture capitalists offer young Greek talents a way home?The story of Antonios Chalkiopoulos is typical of that of many Greeks. After studying in London, he returned to Athens in 2002 and worked in software engineering.“Then the crisis arrived,” he said. “I decided to return to the UK and look for new opportunities. »From Greece on the verge of bankruptcy in 2010, life…
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Perhaps he was bringing some of the old American Thanksgiving traditions back to his homeland. Greeceor maybe he was just grateful to the neighborhood that raised him. Away from the cameras and spotlight, with no reporters or journalists in sight – in fact, not even a post on his social media… Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo returned to the tough neighborhood of his upbringing to share a little love. Giannis and his family visited a local supermarket and literally emptied almost every shelf, according to mesmerized employees who took to their own social media accounts to share the news of…
“The whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Today we have confirmed this phrase from Aristotle,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday during joint statements with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides in Athens. The two leaders held a joint press conference after chairing the first Greece-Cyprus High-Level Cooperation Council at the Maximos Palace. Mitsotakis stressed that the meeting strengthened the already inseparable ties between the two countries, strengthening the roles of Greece and Cyprus as pillars of security in the turbulent Eastern Mediterranean region. “This camaraderie is also reflected in the joint communiqué on the Cyprus issue, which…
Culture Minister Lina Mendoni, who said the Parthenon marbles held at the British Museum for 200 years had been stolen, said Greece was nonetheless willing to lend the institution valuable artifacts so that the marbles are returned. It was unclear whether this would be permanent or a loan of the type proposed by the museum’s president, George Osborne, with the idea of ”reunification” and Greek artifacts held in the museum until the marbles are returned. Speaking to British newspaper The Guardian, Lina Mendoni promised that the London institution’s revered Greek galleries would never remain empty. “Our position is clear,” she…
(Explore best universities in Greece)Following the global financial crisis, Greece entered recession in 2009. The global economic downturn highlighted years of deficit public spending in the country, and the International Monetary Fund and Eurozone governments provided aid programs linked to severe austerity programs for the Greek government. .The current Greek debt crisis raises questions about the future of the Eurozone, the European Union and the Greek people, facing years of living under austerity measures. Within the European Union, Greece has one of the highest unemployment rates – particularly among young adults – as well as an alarming risk of poverty…
NATO has committed to investing €1 billion over 15 years in start-ups and other venture capital funds that develop emerging dual-use technologies with both military and civil. (PA) Greece’s National Scientific Research Center Demokritos is preparing to welcome high-tech startups from NATO countries to its business accelerator in Agia Paraskevi, north of Athens, within a year. That’s when the NATO Innovation Fund – the world’s first multi-sovereign venture capital fund, established last year – is expected to start making decisions about which startups will be partnered with each of its nine business accelerators in Europe and North America. Demokritos was…
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias was welcomed by his Paraguayan counterpart Julio César Arriola in Asunción, in the presence of Deputy Foreign Ministers Raúl Silvero Silvano and Enrique Franco, he said in a tweet on Thursday. Dendias said he had with them a constructive discussion on bilateral relations, regional and international affairs, Paraguay-EU relations, Greece’s candidacy for non-temporary member of the UN Security Council in 2025- 2026, economy and investments, energy and renewable energy sources, and culture, including UNESCO, reports ANA. The Greek minister concludes a tour of six countries in Central and North America, which began on February 6,…
Dan Gross and George Gandy 5 months ago ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Grece Ridge Mall announced it will be welcoming new stores and discussing several changes in the near future. According to mall officials, JD Sports, a sports clothing and accessories retail store, will be coming to the mall. They will bring the finish line closer to Entrance 9 of the mall as its old space will be renovated for JD Sports. Six new merchants welcomed to Eastview Mall The Hot Topic space will also be absorbed by these renovations: the store will be moved to the space next to…
George Osborne, chairman of the British Museum, has confirmed that he is continuing negotiations with the Greek government to work out a “hybrid” deal for the return of the Parthenon Marbles.Osborne said BBC Radio on February 16, he is seeking what he hopes will be a mutually beneficial agreement for the museum and the current Greek government regarding ancient Greek artifacts.The negotiations, which started in secretare taking place amid sustained calls from opposition Greek politicians to secure the permanent return of the marbles to Athens.If his proposals are accepted by Greece, Osborne hinted that the marbles would be shared and…
A new book by Italian physicist and philologist Lucio Russo presents the controversial claim that the the ancient Greeks discovered America long before Christopher Columbus set foot on American soil in 1492. Russo, who currently teaches probability at Tor Vergata University in Rome, says the main reason researchers think America was not known to the ancient Greeks is not due to lack of evidence , but to scientific dogma. Once a perspective has been accepted almost everywhere in the world and written with certainty in the history books, it is very difficult to convince the “establishment” to accept an alternative…